by MarvelEXTREMIS PART 1 (OF 6) It's the beginning of a new era for Iron Man as renowned scribe Warren Ellis joins forces with digital painter Adi Granov to redefine the armored avenger's world for the 21st century a landscape of terrifying new technologies that threaten to overwhelm fragile mankind! What is Extremis, who has unleashed it, and what does its emergence portend for the world?

This story arc updates Iron Man's origin to take place just before the Gulf War in the fight against Al-Qaeda. Here, Stark is wounded by hiw own weapon, activated by a stray shot during an ambush.